We are proud to announce that Dr. Habibeh Khoshbouei has been selected as the recipient of the Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award for the 2024–2025 academic year! This prestigious honor recognizes Dr. Khoshbouei’s exceptional dedication to guiding, mentoring, and inspiring doctoral students. Her unwavering commitment to academic excellence and student success…
We are proud to celebrate Alyssa Mickle on receiving an NIH F31 Fellowship for her project titled, “Closed-loop epidural stimulation: respiratory motor plasticity and neural underpinnings” Alyssa received her Notice of Award in January and officially began the fellowship in March 2025. This prestigious grant supports her cutting-edge research on…
We are excited to announce that Dr. Matthew Sarkisian and his collaborators have received one of the prestigious MBI Accelerator Awards for the funding period January 31, 2025 – January 30, 2026! Investigators: Dr. Matthew R. Sarkisian, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine Dr. Fan…
Joshua Juhasz, a talented NEURON-Aging student, has earned 1st place in the ILR/UF Aging Science Award, sponsored by the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) at Oak Hammock and the University of Florida! Joshua was recognized for his outstanding presentation exploring the association of statins and brain age — a…
We are incredibly proud to celebrate the achievements of several exceptional students from Dr. Alfonso Martin Peña’s Lab. Ana Lucia Gonzalez PerezAccepted into both the Emerging Scholars Program and the University Scholars Program! Brooke BenedictSelected for the University Scholars Program and also a participant in SNIP! Lauren Burd…
We are thrilled to announce that Caitlin Brennan, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Erica Dale’s lab, has submitted a first-author abstract to the upcoming American Physiology Summit and has been honored with the Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award! This incredible achievement highlights Caitlin’s hard…
We are excited to share the recent publication of a new methods paper titled, “A Simple, Low-Cost Implant for Reliable Diaphragm EMG Recordings in Awake, Behaving Rats.” A special shoutout to Jesus Penaloza Aponte, who is recognized as co-first author on this important contribution to neuroscience research. This innovative work…
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Adrienn Varga has been awarded the prestigious Thomas H. Maren Research Excellence Faculty Award! This honor recognizes outstanding research and provides two years of funding starting January 2025 to support her continued scientific contributions. This award is a testament to Dr. Varga’s dedication,…
We are proud to share that Dr. Adrienn Varga was invited to present at the prestigious NIH two-day workshop Advances in Developing Medical Countermeasures Against Opioids and Drug-Induced Respiratory Depression, which took place December 2024. Dr. Varga’s presentation, “A locus coeruleus circuit in opioid-induced respiratory depression,” offered valuable insights into neural circuitry…
We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. John Aaron Howell, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Eduardo Candelario-Jalil and a Gators NeuroScholar, for his outstanding achievements! Dr. Howell has recently published two impactful papers that contribute to our understanding of neuroinflammation and stroke: “Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition promotes regulatory…
